Example sentences of "is often [vb pp] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is often assumed that personal contacts will push through more of your material than that of other PROs and that you will be able to ask for favourable comment here and there .
2 It is often stated that young children are in the concrete operational stage of development and that their experience of the adult world and their ability to understand are restricted .
3 Although that curriculum is often represented as diminishing teachers ' choices and initiatives , it is important for heads and their colleagues to note how matters of culture which have many facets can be handled alongside a national concern that schools should be more readily comparable with each other and should be readily accountable , not least in their pupils ' attainment levels .
4 It is often said that Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work .
5 In particular , it is often said that indirect taxes are less visible ( than direct ) , being to some extent hidden in the quoted price of the good .
6 However , the boundary between policy and administration is often blurred and civil servants may be led dangerously close to the discussion of policy .
7 The point of the overall task in hand is often obscured when step-by-step instructions are provided : for example , when a pupil neatly sets out a multiplication sum in order to multiply by 10 .
8 In principle , repetitive work is best left to automatic machines but the flexibility of human performance is often needed because slight changes are required either to modify the product or to cope with different materials .
9 is often sold as dried seeds but is really more useful in powder form , when it is a vital ingredient in many curries .
10 Flake is often refused and live foods such as Tubifex , Mosquito larvae , small earthworms , are needed to tempt them .
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